Cambridge, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ranked in the world
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked 1st in the world.
Full ranking profile
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS 2026Headline | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Computer Science & Information Systems | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Physics & Astronomy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mathematics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Chemistry | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Chemical Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 1 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 1 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 1 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 1 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 1 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 2 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 2 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 2 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Economics & Econometrics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mathematics | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 2 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 3 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 3 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 4 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 4 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 4 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 4 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 7 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 8 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 9 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 9 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 10 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 10 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 10 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 11 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 11 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 12 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 12 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 13 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 15 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 17 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 18 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 18 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 18 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 19 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 24 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 29 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 29 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 32 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 32 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 32 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 32 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 34 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 36 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 42 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 43 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 46 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 52 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 55 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 57 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 68 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 99 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 105 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 123 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 140 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 146 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 269 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.